Very Cool. and it on private land, Id be so tempted to make use of it if it was on my land :D

The land owner does in a way. The tunnel is on cattle land he owns and he has used a backhoe to partially block both ends of the tunnel. Rain water coming off the mountain the tunnel goes through naturally collects in the tunnel about three feet deep making big shelter/water trough for his cows.

wow that's a long name.

It was part of the idea to get public support for the building of the railroad since the L&N tried everything in their power to try and stop its construction. In getting public funding through issued bonds for construction the builders promised that the towns that invested the most money would get top billing in the railroads name.

Turns out the towns that had the most investors were Richmond, Irvine, Nicholasville, and Beattyville in that order. Which is odd since Irvine is acually one of the smallest towns the railroad went through but came in just behind Richmond on funding. Plus the fact that the railroad never even made it to Beattyville!

Somewhere along the way someone starting calling the RIN&B the Riney-B and thats what it became locally known as.

Coolness! I love exploring old right of ways and such. Interesting that its lined too! Must be thru loose shale or slate.

Awesome, I wish something like that is near where I live.